Person:John Hopson (2)

Name^[1]^[2]	Sergeant John Hopson
Alt Name	John Hobson
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Bef 1640	Based on estimated date of first marriage.
Marriage	Bef 1665	Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (John). to Sarah _____
Marriage	3 Dec 1672	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Shipton
Marriage	Bef 1684	Estimate based on date of birth of only known child (Samuel). to Elizabeth Alling
Death^[1]	3 Jul 1701	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Talcott, Alvan, and Jacquelyn L. Ricker. Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Co., 1984)
644.

"1. Sgt. John Hopson died 3 July 1701. … Lived in Guilford, Conn. 1664."
↑ John Hopson, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
2:463-464.

"Hopson, … John, Guilford 1664, b. it is said 1610, wh. I doubt, ~~emb. 1635 at London in the Globe,~~ was constable 1666, by w. Sarah had John, b. 16 Mar. 1666; and Francis, wh. d. young. His w. d. 9 Sept. 1669; and he at Saybrook m. 3 or 9 Dec. 1672, Eliz. d. of Edward Shipman, had Eliz. b. 22 June 1674; Abigail, 17 Dec. 1677, d. young; and Samuel, 10 Jan. 1684. But prob. this last was by third w. Eliz. d. of John Alling of New Haven, as I suppose the sec. w. d. 1683. He, in rec. of 1685, is call. sen and writ. Hopson, and d. 3 July 1701. His eldest d. Eliz. m. Comfort Starr, s. of Comfort of Middletown, and gr.s. of Thomas."
John Hopson I, in Find A Grave.

This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection. There appears to be no evidence of the actual place of burial. No credible evidence of the date of birth provided in this memorial is apparent